Medical Dictionary

blocking

noun block·ing \ˈbläk-iŋ\

Medical Definition of BLOCKING

:  interruption of a trend of associative thought by the arousal of an opposing trend or through the welling up into consciousness of a complex of unpleasant ideas—compare blockage b
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